2-year-old found safe

COLDWATER — A 2-year-old Houdini was found safe after disappearing from a relative’s apartment Monday morning.

The mother of little Lennon came back from picking up her brother-in-law from work at 4 a.m. and found the child gone.

Frantic, she called the Branch County Central dispatch 911 and Coldwater Police arrived at the Old Mill Race Apartment No. 105.

It appeared the boy woke while his mother was gone and he managed to pull a chair up to the door and opened a dead bolt while his aunt slept inside.

Coldwater firemen with their thermal imaging cameras came to assist. Officers and the mother heard a noise around 5:30 a.m. coming from an upstairs apartment, which was vacant but open for maintenance.

The chubby, blond tyke apparently fell asleep after wandering into the apartment. He was found safe.